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Name: |
Golden Shiner |
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Other Common
Names: |
Bream, roach, goldfish, sunfish, dace, chub, butterfish, shad roach |
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Scientific Name: |
Notemigonus crysoleucas |
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Length: |
Average length is 4 inches |
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Identification: |
Lateral line strongly curved below center line; anal fin is long, with 11-13 rays, and is distinctly falcate shaped; no scales covering the belly ridge |
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Photo & text
courtesy of: |
Iowa Department of Natural Resources Iowa Fish and Fishing by James R. Harlan and Everett B. Speaker with James Mayhew; color illustrations by Maynard F. Reece Fishes of Wisconsin by George C. Becker Konrad Schmidt - James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History |